‫We're now moving on to one of the more trickier questions in the Alps reading test, and that is matching
‫headings question.
‫We're going to be looking at some tips and strategies to try and help you answer this as best you can.
‫Let's have a look at the basic information for this question type.
‫So, once again, a lot of students find this particular question to be one of the most difficult question
‫types in the Alps reading test.
‫And that's because they don't understand what the question is asking them to do.
‫So in this lesson, I'm going to try and explain this question type in its simplest form and show you
‫an easy example.
‫Then we'll look at some strategies.
‫In explaining it and it's easy to understand terms, this question is asking you to paraphrase the meaning
‫of each paragraph you'll need to say with headings what each paragraph is telling you.
‫So you're going to have to get a quick understanding of each paragraph in the passage.
‫Let's take a look at an example here.
‫So I have two short paragraphs and of course, your reading passage will be much longer than that.
‫I'll give you some time now to read through this and then I'll show you two headings that I'd like you
‫to try and match to the paragraphs.
‫Take some time now and read through the passage.
‫Now, let's take a look at the headings, so A, the cosmic crash happened a very long time ago and
‫B, leading scientists witnessed collision in space.
‫So where do you think these two headings go?
‫Well, the cosmic crash happened a very long time ago, matches with the second paragraph, it gives
‫you a quick gist of what the paragraph is saying.
‫The leading scientists witnessed collision in space matches with the first paragraph.
‫So, again, these headings give you a shorthand description of what each paragraph means, and that's
‫what this question is asking you to do.
‫Here is an example of this question.
‫Type from an eells reading test.
‫At the top, we have the list of headings and then underneath we have the sections.
‫Of course, this is missing the passage.
‫So let's take a look at some key tips for answering this question.
‫Then we'll look at the exact strategy.
‫Getting a quick understanding of each paragraph is key, and this is where skimming is a very important
‫skill to you, topic sentences are also really important.
‫They'll be the first or second sentence in the paragraph.
‫These will give you the overall meaning of this section of the passage.
‫Your understanding of synonyms will be highly tested with this Question Time.
‫So let's take a look at the strategy.
‫First, read the instructions carefully and check the question time, then beginning with the headings,
‫read and underline key words, once you've done that, it's time to move over to the passage and skim
‫and scan for understanding.
‫There may be certain sentences that you want to read and a little bit more detail to get a better understanding
‫of the passage.
‫But don't read every single word carefully as you're going to run out of time.
‫So once you've skimmed and scanned through the passage and you feel like you have a pretty good understanding
‫of each paragraphs, meaning then start underlining key words in the passage, return to the headings
‫and begin matching against each paragraph.
‫As with some of the other question types, you can begin to eliminate certain answers which will move
‫you through answering this question.
‫So here is the strategy for matching headings.
‫Try and practice a few of these questions and I'm sure you're going to feel more confident.
‫See you in the next lesson.